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Don’t let guests leave empty handed. Write or print up the recipes from that evening’s dinner, roll up and secure with ribbon and tie around a mini bottle of wine or champagne.

Guests arrive and you’ll still be cooking? Have small ramekins filled with mixed nuts (preferably heated with some spices) stacked by the wine or beer you’ll be serving. Guests will be impressed by the mini treat individually prepared. It’s like traveling first class on Continental.

Have extroverted friends? Inform them you intend to have a talent show for your next party. Create the illusion of a stage by hanging a suspension rod between a door frame and hang curtains, a shower curtain, or even a sheet as a “stage curtain.” Rent a karaoke machine for those wishing to express themselves through song, but anything goes from telling a knock knock joke to dance or even wearing costumes.

For game night keep it casual. Don’t get hung up on the meal when the evening should be focused on the friends and the games. Whether it be sit down, buffet or get it from the kitchen and sit on the living room floor think about these ideas to serve: Chili and cornbread, mini dishes of mac and cheese, individual chicken pot pies, hearty panini sandwiches that you toast in your George Forman grill or likewise. Or order in pizza and salad or Chinese takeout—plenty of dishes and fortune cookies.